Matt LeBlanc Drives a Porsche 911 GT2 RS, Proves He's One of Us

The automotive world was initially shocked to hear Matt LeBlanc was joining the revamped Top Gear, but his inclusion slowly started to make sense. The BBC pointed out that he's a serious car guy and reminded us that he holds the fastest celebrity lap on Top Gear. Now, LeBlanc has erased any doubt of his car guy-ness, in a new BBC Radio interview with fellow Top Gear host Chris Evans.

In this interview, he revealed that his favorite car is his 2011 Porsche 911 GT2 RS, a car enthusiast's car if there ever was one. He says it's a car that "scares" him, which considering its 620 turbocharged horsepower, rear-wheel-drive and six-speed manual, is fair.

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"I had a Ferrari and it was a great car, and I've had some other cars too, but the thing about a Porsche is that it just feels like the most practical, real-world supercar," said LeBlanc when Evans asked why he loved Porsche so much.

"It does everything, you can go to the store in it, it's not too ostentatious and nothing comes off the apex like a rear-engined car. You can go to power quicker, I think, in a rear-engined car, so you have to go in easy on the brakes; you can't really trail brake too hard, or it'll swing around on you, but you can go pick up the throttle quicker."

A GT2 RS isn't the sort of car that's bought by accident: People who buy these know exactly what they are. This contrasts with something like a Ferrari 458 Italia, which is a spectacular sports car, but a sports car owned by virtually every celebrity you see in the tabloids. Put another way, you won't see Floyd Mayweather or Kim Kardashian drive a 911 GT2 RS.